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. 2011 Jan 14;173(5):479–487. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq422

Table 3.

Numbers of Expected and Observed Deaths and Standardized Mortality Ratios in a Prisoner Cohort, by Sex-Race Group, Georgia, 1991–2006a

Sex-Race Group In Prison
Out of Prison
Overall
Obs Exp SMR 95% CI Obs Exp SMR 95% CI Obs Exp SMR 95% CI
Men
    Black 215 324 0.66 0.58, 0.76 1,309 1,013 1.29 1.22, 1.36 1,524 1,292 1.18 1.12, 1.24
    Nonblack 182 142 1.28 1.10, 1.48 812 392 2.07 1.93, 2.22 994 503 1.98 1.86, 2.10
Women
    Black 6 5 1.21 0.44, 2.63 79 36 2.22 1.76, 2.76 85 40 2.13 1.70, 2.63
    Nonblack 3 4 0.79 0.16, 2.31 44 12 3.56 2.59, 4.78 47 16 2.92 2.14, 3.88

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; Exp, expected no. of deaths; Obs, observed no. of deaths; SMR, standardized mortality ratio.

a

Numbers of expected deaths may not add up to total numbers because of rounding.